The Vitruvian Man It was created by Leonardo da Vinci around the year 1492. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or, less often, Proportions of Man. It is on display in the Gallerie dell’ Accademia in Venice, Italy.
The Arts
Are you nutty about Neoclassicism? Excited about Expressionism? Batty about the Baroque Era? Put your art expertise to the test with these questions and prove that you're more than a novice.
Who first conceived the helicopter, which at the time was called an ornithopter because it was designed to simulate birds in flight?
Rudolf Nureyev took citizenship of which country in 1982?
What nationality was painter Salvador Dali?
Which Iowa-born artist painted American Gothic and Spring Turning?
Who founded the Cubism movement with Picasso?
What famous artist designed shirts, hats, ashtrays, stamps, brandy bottles, coat hangers, bathing suits, crystal ware, tapestries, and playing cards – among other things?
What is the correct name for a painting on a wall, ceiling, or other large permanent surface?
The painting The Scream was stolen form which city in 1994?
Which Spanish Salvador was a surrealist artist?
FROM WHAT TYPE OF STONE IS THE “VENUS DE MILO” MADE?
WHICH AMERICAN ARCHITECT – ENGINEER INVENTED GEODESIC DOME CONSTRUCTION?
WHICH ARTIST PAINTED THE FAMOUS PAINTING KNOWN AS “LA GUERNICA”?
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE ARCHITECT FROM PONTEFRACT WHO DURING THE 60’S ENDED UP IN PRISON?
BY WHAT NAME IS THE PAINTING, “LA GIACONDA” MORE COMMONLY KNOWN?
The straight line belongs to Man. The curved line belongs to God. This statement by which Spanish architect captures the essence of his work that is sometimes called Organic Architecture?
Bistre, Sorrel and Vandyke are shades of which colour?
In 1956 where were the Melbourne Olympic Equestrian events held?
What kind of creature is the villain’s henchman, Fidget, in Disney’s Basil, The Great Mouse Detective?
Which Bronte sister lived longest?
In 1931 there were an estimated 1,000,000 to 4,000,000 people killed in one country alone in floods, can you name the country?
What short-lived company did Apple, IBM and Hewlett-Packard spawn to create platform-independent software?
Who did the Americans recognize as ruler of Vietnam in 1950 when the Soviets acknowledged Ho Chi Min?
Which word, in every day use in this country, is the Tamil word for sauce?
Who had a UK number one with “Little Things” in 2012?
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR INDOOR TOURIST ATTRACTION IN GREAT BRITAIN?
WHICH ARCHITECT DESIGNED THE GREAT FLORENCE CATHEDRAL DOME?
WHICH ‘AB’ IS THE ARTIST KNOWN FOR HIS BLACK AND WHITE DRAWINGS ON FANTASTIC AND EROTIC SUBJECTS?
WHAT ‘W’ IS A VERY DIFFICULT BREAKDANCE MOVE THAT MIGHT GRIND THE CORN?
WHERE IS THE PRADO GALLERY?
WHICH ‘RA’ WAS AN 18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH ARCHITECT?
Who was the first living fashion designer to be honored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Who famously painted Campbell’s Soup Tins?
What five-letter word is defined as a sculpture or painting that depicts the Virgin Mary supporting the dead Christ on her lap?
What name did artist Domenikos Theotok Upoulos sign on his paintings?
In 1957, Pablo Picasso painted a series of 58 interpretations of which iconic art work of the Spanish master Deigo Velazquez?
The 1908 oil painting San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk by Claude Monet received substantial attention in 1999 as it was the focus of the plot in which John McTiernan’s remake?
Eiffel designed the Eiffel tower – what was his first name?
Which artist David was born in Bradford UK?
What was the profession of Paul Strand (1890 – 1976)?
WHO INVENTED SCISSORS?
WHICH SON OF A NOBLEMAN, ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPRESSIONISTS, BECAME PERMANENTLY STUNTED DURING CHILDHOOD AND GREW UP TO ILLUSTRATE SCENES OF THE MOULIN ROUGE AND OTHER LOW LIFE?
WHICH ARTISTS NAME LITERALLY MEANS (LITTLE BARREL)?
GRANDE AND CHICO ARE VERSIONS OF WHAT SPANISH ACTIVITY?
WHICH GREAT GERMAN ENGRAVER AND PAINTER DECORATED THE ALTAR AT HIS HOME TOWN OF NUREMBERG?
WHAT ‘TLS’ IS THE FAMOUS PAINTING BY LEONARDO DA VINCI?
Which building would one visit at 99 Rue de Rivoli, Paris?
Which architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York?
Roman, horseshoe and gothic are all styles of what?
In what village was Leonardo da Vinci born?
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